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Sep 13, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Rose Keller |Stinna Tange |Mollie Bailey |Tricia Booker
When freshman Bradley Shepherd first joined the Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia) Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association team, he didn’t realize how much the team would positively affect his life, both in and out of the saddle. Shepherd, who said he didn’t know what breeches and show coats were before joining the team, grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania, and Montreal, and while his father and sister rode casually, he had very little riding experience.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Caitlin Calder |Purina Mills |Rose Keller |Stinna Tange
Fourteen years before Liza Towell Boyd rode Ondine D’Orleans into the Rolex Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park to accept their red ribbon from the classic round of this year’s Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, another chestnut was in that same arena collecting major accolades. And in a way, that horse’s win directly led to “Ondine’s” top finish.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Kimberly Loushin |Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk
Fiona Howard, the horse-mad child of an American mother and British father, first came to the United States from her native England when she was 16. She was seeking treatment for dystonia, a muscle condition that was weakening and warping her body, and ultimately spent most of her first several years here, from ages 16 to 22, in a hospital bed at Boston Children’s Hospital. She started riding again when she was strong enough, and got into para-dressage in 2022.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Kimberly Loushin |Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk
Team USA made history at the Paris Paralympic Games today, winning the country’s first team gold medal and ending Great Britain’s nearly 30-year reign at the top of the sport. Rookie Paralympian Fiona Howard lead the way Friday at the Palace of Versailles as the only rider to hit 80% at these Games.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Kimberly Loushin |Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk
All four members of the U.S. Para Dressage Team have qualified for Saturday’s freestyle competition at the Paris Paralympic Games after the conclusion of their individual tests. World No. 1 Grade IV athlete Kate Shoemaker was the only American to ride Wednesday. A spook late in her test aboard Vianne knocked them out of medal contention. Shoemaker and the 8-year-old U.S.-bred Hanoverian mare (Vitalis—Raureif, Ramiro’s Bube) scored 72.22% to finish fifth.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk |Lindsay Berreth
U.S. team riders Rebecca Hart and Fiona Howard have kicked off the first day of para-dressage competition at the Paris Paralympic Games with a pair of individual gold medals. Hart, going first for the team today in the Grade III competition, scored 77.90% on Floratina, a 16-year-old Hanoverian mare (Fidertanz 2—Robina, Rubin Royal OLD) owned by Rowan O’Riley to take the top podium spot above Rixt van der Horst of the Netherlands (76.43%) and Natasha Baker of Great Britain (73.16%).
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Armand Leone |Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk
For as long as she can remember, Ryleigh Koch has followed the FEI North American Youth Championships from the sidelines. Representing the United States at an international competition was never going to be in the cards for the Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, native. Or so she thought. “I’ve always had very tricky horses and ponies, the ones nobody else really wanted because they’re either having lameness issues, throughness issues, contact problems, or some combination,” said Koch.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Stinna Tange |Hannah Sherk |Kimberly Loushin |Lindsay Berreth
The Paris Paralympics kicked off Wednesday with the opening ceremonies, and riders from 30 countries will take to the main arena at the Palace of Versailles for Paralympic dressage beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3. Three years ago, the U.S. team earned bronze—its first Paralympic team medal in history. This year the team will be looking to improve upon that finish. It goes into the Paralympics ranked No. 1 in the world, with all four team members individually ranked inside the top 10 worldwide.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Stinna Tange |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Jamie Sindell |Hannah Sherk
There have been many discussions following the publication of my article on why I believe that hook-and-loop stirrups should be banned at all USEF competitions. The stirrups, sometimes called peacock or hook-and-loop stirrups, present a clear and present danger to those who use them, and U.S. Equestrian Federation has a duty of care to ban them in light of the various injuries they have caused.
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Sep 9, 2023 | 
horsesdaily.com | Stinna Tange
Dressage Daily, Featured, News, Para Equestrian, press release, ShowtimeSaturday, September 9, 2023 | Stinna Tange If there has been any doubt about the development that Para Dressage has gone through the last few years, this FEI Para Dressage European Championship in Riesenbeck has surely proven it. With the freestyle in all five grades being won with over 80% scores it’s evident that Para Dressage has been raised to a whole new level across all grades.
